Re: Need some info about setxattr

[Seth Arnold <sarnold@wirex.com>]

On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 04:31:37PM +0530, Subramanya Swamy Ramanath wrote:
> Greetings,

Hello. Your mail would be much easier to read if you wrapped your lines
at 72 characters. I've modified your posting quite a bit to make it fit.

> I am trying to use the system call 'setxattr', the usage of the call
> shows the following
> int setxattr (const char *path, const char *name,
>               const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
> now if I try to set the extended attributes for the file
> /home/guest/Rajeev/data, then the path variable is /home/guest/Rajeev &
> the name variable will be "data". Correct me if I am wrong.

The path variable should be /home/guest/Rajeev/data, and the name
variable should be the name of the extended attribute you wish to
modify.

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